209.68.1.140 (209.68.1.0 /24) blocked by bellsouth.net for SMTP

Tue Sep 20 18:31:20 UTC 2005

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Blocking is fine - happens.  Postmaster and other role accounts not
> replying at all to email that they're sent is just not a good thing to
> do.

speaking of which:

    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
abuse at css.one.microsoft.com
     (reason: 550 5.7.1 <Your e-mail was rejected by an anti-spam content filter on gateway (131.107.3.123).Reason...uage,
graphics, or spam-like characteristics. Removing these may let the e-mail through the filter.>)

    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mailb.microsoft.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 550 5.7.1 <Your e-mail was rejected by an anti-spam content filter on gateway (131.107.3.123).Reasons for rejection
may be: obscene language, graphics, or spam-like characteristics. Removing these may let the e-mail through the filter.>
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

running a spam filter on abuse at hotmail.com does not seem terribly wise...

-Dan